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Table 4 Comparison of baseline and endline mortality, fever prevalence and hospital admission for all three groups

From: Effects of malaria volunteer training on coverage and timeliness of diagnosis: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Myanmar

 

Baseline

Endline

 

Intervention

Comparison

Intervention

Comparison

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Midwives

Mortality analysis

      

Total village population

15,639

17,216

15,168

16,567

 

26,209

Deaths within 30 days from all causesa

7

12

    

Deaths during survey period (per 100,000 population year, SE)

    

All causes

  

66c (713, SE 88)

61 (606, SE 77)

1.18 (0.82, 1.70)

83 (521, SE 57)

Deaths from fever

  

20 (216, SE 48)

20 (199, SE 44)

1.09 (0.56, 2.14)

12 (75, SE 22)

Probable malariab

  

12 (130, SE 37)

12 (119, SE 34)

1.09 (0.45- 2.66)

8 (50, SE 18)

Period prevalence of fever

      

Villagers listed by survey team

8,699

6,766

10,504

9,063

 

11,720

 

% (SE)

% (SE)

% (SE)

% (SE)

 

% (SE)

Fever

      

Within one month

6.6 (0.39)

7.2 (0.46)

5.0(0.23)

6.1 (0.28)

1.22 (1.06, 1.39)*

4.1(0.19)

Within 3 months

  

9.4(0.30)

9.8 (0.34)

1.05 (0.95, 1.16)

7.6(0.26)

Hospital admission from any cause

 

0.67(0.08)

0.7 (0.09)

1.03 (0.72, 1.47)

0.8(0.09)

  1. a as reported by village leaders, no verbal autopsy done for baseline survey.
  2. b Based on WHO standard malaria case definitions [35, 36].
  3. c Verbal autopsy revealed that all dead cases had never visited the volunteer.
  4. * Significant difference between the intervention and the comparison.